Exploring curriculum approaches and issues: A descriptive analysis

Habiburrahim Habiburrahim

doi:10.22373/ej.v9i1.10829

Abstract

A curriculum is a guideline used to achieve an educational goal, in which a curriculum contains at least four important elements: objectives, materials, methods, and evaluation. This descriptive study aims to describe several types of methods or approaches that are often used in teaching and learning activities. In addition, this paper also describes issues related to curriculum changes and the factors that influence such changes as well as the challenges faced in each curriculum change. The paper firstly elaborates the disciplinary curriculum approach in which it highlights the ideas of exploring a particular discipline science from single-focused lenses relating to such the science without linking it with other connected sciences. After exploring the disciplinary curriculum approach, the paper provides significant information on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum approaches that have great potential in enhancing students’ critical thinking skills. This study is ended by exploring issues of curriculum changes and their driving factors, and challenges of curriculum changes.

Highlights

The issues of curriculum development in higher education are constantly intriguing to examine and discuss, as the evolution of higher education is very dynamic and constant
Education professionals, curriculum experts, continue to develop learning techniques that are believed to be capable of enhancing the quality of human resources through a variety of curricular approaches
There is no guarantee that a world-class curriculum developed by a renowned university can be successfully replicated at other universities and countries. This is due to a variety of circumstances, including the universities' or countries' facilities and infrastructure, human resources, and other varied supporting features

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Introduction

The issues of curriculum development in higher education are constantly intriguing to examine and discuss, as the evolution of higher education is very dynamic and constant. Education professionals, curriculum experts, continue to develop learning techniques that are believed to be capable of enhancing the quality of human resources through a variety of curricular approaches. The study uncovered that, at that moment, students were being introduced to different subjects at the elementary school and college levels, as well as being taught to understand and recognize a specific academic value through inquiry learning, which was discipline-based.

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